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Are You A Bromide?, by Gelett Burgess
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Title: Are You A Bromide? The Sulphitic Theory Expounded And Exemplified According To The Most Recent Researches Into The Psychology Of Boredom Including Many Well-Known Bromidioms Now In Use
Author: Gelett Burgess
Release Date: January 30, 2004 [EBook #10870]
Language: English
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ARE YOU A BROMIDE?
OR,
THE SULPHITIC THEORY
EXPOUNDED AND EXEMPLIFIED ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT RESEARCHES INTO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BOREDOM
Including many well-known Bromidioms now in use
BY
GELETT BURGESS, S.B.
Author of "Goops and How to Be Them," "The Burgess Nonsense Book," "Vivette," &c., &c.
WITH DECORATIONS BY THE AUTHOR
Note: Decorations replaced with five asterisks * * * * *
1906
NOTE
This essay is reprinted, with revisions and enlargement additions, from "The Sulphitic Theory" published in "The Smart Set" for April, 1906, by consent of the editors.
TO
GERTRUDE McCALL
CHATELAINE OF MAC MANOR
[Illustratio